The Status of Public Service In Administrative Law of Iran

As one of the fundamental concepts of administrative law, public service has always exerted a significant impact on different spheres , especially in France. The constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as the supreme legal document of the country, has pointed to some clear instances of public service in different Articles and has assigned the duty of their provision to the government indicating, in the view of some, acceptance of this concept as a philosophy of government and administrative agencies. Thus, it is particularly important to study public service and its impacts on different spheres. To this end, in this article, the concept was addressed in four spheres and through scrutiny of provisions and legal analyses, this result was obtained :Public service in organizational sphere is the criterion for detection and separation of public agencies from the other agencies as well as the public sector employees from non-public employees. In jurisdictional sphere, the government’s extensive decision-making authority at individual and public levels, and in financial sphere, concessions such as a ban on state-owned property seizure and tax exemptions is justified by resorting to public service concept. In civil liability sphere, poor or incomplete providing of public service is considered as one of the causes of government liability.